Modi meets North Eastern students, promises to make Delhi safer after coming to power

Niticentral, 6th February 2014

BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi met a delegation of students and professionals from North East settled in Delhi and heard the problems faced by them in the national capital.

Aami tomar bhalo bhashi: Narendra Modi wins over Kolkata

Sandip Roy, First Post, 5th February 2014

“The speech shows he has done his homework,” smiles Soumit De Sarkar, a civil engineer from Kolkata dressed in the Bengali intellectual’s uniform of kurta and jeans. “For a non-Bengali to have this many Bengali touches is quite unusual.”

Ramesh’s ministry has praise for Modi

Deccan Herald, 5th February 2014

Though Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh never misses an opportunity to pick holes in BJP prime-ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s claim of good governance, but his ministry itself has now lauded the Gujarat government for developing a speedy and efficient procurement system to build roads to connect villages.

Modi’s Kolkata rally: Can other parties of Bengal now ignore BJP?

Pathikrit, One India, 6th February 2014

It was a calibrated approach or a sort of testing of ground. And it seems to have paid off. Narendra Modi’s rally at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade ground was supposed to be an indicator of whether the Modi wave’s resonance could be felt in Bengal as well. If swelling crowds were to be an indication to go by, it was much more than a wave.

Ramdev attacks Congress, backs Modi for PM

First Post, 5th February 2014

Yoga guru Ramdev today attacked Congress while backing BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for the top post. Ramdev said he met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and discussed defeating Congress.